false <![CDATA[Last Known Victim]]> 985229 10 August 2005.<P>Amid death and destruction, hurricane-savaged New Orleans has a new dark force to fear.<P>As the rescue efforts unfold, a grisly discovery is made at one of the massive refrigerator 'graveyards.' One of these metal hulks contains six human hands&#151;all female, all right hands. The press has dubbed the unknown perpetrator 'The Handyman.' But with no way to trace the origin of this refrigerator, and with evidence lost to time and the elements, the case dead-ends.<P>Captain Patti O'shay is a straight-arrow, by-the-book cop who is assigned to the case. Her tough, unflinching character is fractured when her husband and fellow police captain is found murdered&#151;surprised by looters taking advantage of the post-storm chaos.<P>August 2007Patti, still grieving and disillusioned, gets a call from homicide: skeletal remains have been unearthed in City Park. The unknown victim&#151; a female&#151;is missing her right hand. But for Patti, this grave holds something even more shocking. Found beside the victim's bones is her husband's police badge.<P>Casting aside the very 'rule book' by which she has lived her life, Patti is fearless&#151;but so is the killer. As he stalks her she is forced to question all she believes in, to doubt the code she has lived by&#151;because she knows that if she doesn't find The Handyman first, she will become his last known victim. 970724 1 10 2007 Last Known Victim total:230|5:55|4:97|3:62|2:14|1:2| 230 879 369 50 4 1 false false Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 11:10:18 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 15:11:52 -0700 2008
But I didn't find it to be her best. I prefered Killer Takes All to this one.

I found that it dragged a little in some parts. It wasn't as exciting and suspenseful for me like her other novels. The synopsis has you focusing on Patti, but the story doesn't really focus on ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 05:28:56 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 05:39:05 -0700 2009
Taken place in New Orleans right after Katrina, it weaves the storyline of the after effects of the storm into the story. Capt...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 13:13:43 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 13:38:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 15:44:58 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 15:46:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 20 05:38:25 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 02:36:26 -0700 2009
From dust jacket:

"August 2005.
Amid death and destruction, hurricane-savaged New Orleans has a new dark force to fear.

As the rescue efforts unfold, a grisly discovery is made at one of the massive refrigerator "graveyards...more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Mar 26 18:45:46 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 12:33:35 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 18:29:44 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 18:29:56 -0800 2008
Patti is ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Nov 08 11:00:57 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 17 22:46:02 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 11:00:57 -0800 2008 Erica Spindler
Suspence
511 pages
copyright: 2007
isbn: 0-7783-2579-2

Amid death and destruction, hurricane-savaged New Orleans has a new dark force to fear.

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The story starts with the following find: a shallow grave containing a hand-less body and the badge of police detective [captain] Sammy O'Shay who was shot and...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:52:29 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 19:01:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 15:47:05 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 07:54:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 20:07:27 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 15:23:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 11:32:26 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 10:29:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 08:33:07 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 08:34:33 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 02:15:38 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 02:16:42 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:54:37 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:32:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 04 14:27:24 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 14:29:25 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=985229